string-length Function (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

Returns the number of characters in the string.

Syntax

number string-length(string)

Parameters

  • string
    A string.

Return Value

Returns the number of characters in the string.

Remarks

If the argument is omitted, it returns the number of characters in the string-value of the context node.

The following function call returns 4.

string-length("abcd")

If an argument is not of type string, it is first converted to a string and then evaluated.

See Also

Reference

XPath String Functions